Years in Chinese
years · HSK 6
岁月
- 岁 years old
- 月 month
岁月改变了她的容貌。 The years have changed her looks.
Other ways to say years
More words with 岁 or 月
How do you say years in Chinese?
Years in Chinese is 岁月 (suì yuè). You can also say 年代 (nián dài).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
Our own dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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